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Friday 16 May 2008, 7:04 am

The Editor

Categories: Blogosphere

Tags: Freakonomics, SelfManipulation

I have the Freakonomics blog in my RSS reader and a headline caught my eye as I scrolled through this morning.

“Manipulating Yourself for Your Own Good”

I excitedly clicked on the link hoping that the Freakonomics crew would explode once and for all the rumours that self-manipulation caused hairy palms or blindness, but was disappointed to read this instead.

Standard economic theory implies that we maximize our happiness if we have more choices. Yet we limit our choices — impose self-control mechanisms — voluntarily in order to improve our well-being. For example, I just signed a book contract with a small advance payment.

Humph. How boring. They sure sucked me in.

(By the way, if anyone can put my mind at ease regarding the palms and eyesight thing that would be much appreciated.)

7 Comments

Judas Kiss (Friday 16 May 2008, 7:12 am) #

Self-manipulation or good old masturbation is enthusiastically embraced by our politicians. It lasts for the whole of their public life so it can’t be so bad. Indulge.
Damian (Friday 16 May 2008, 8:33 am) #

Ed, what are you doing reading economics blogs?
The Editor (Friday 16 May 2008, 8:41 am) #

Sorry, Damian. It won’t happen again.
Dave from Albury (Friday 16 May 2008, 9:07 am) #

Ed, you do have glasses, isn’t that proof enough?
Terry Wright (Friday 16 May 2008, 9:27 am) #

Here’s your proof from Grods itself.
Mikey (Friday 16 May 2008, 9:52 am) #

Dude if it was true people would be treading on my palm hair in the foyer.

Besides, if you’re regularly abraiding your hands on the pink flute wouldn’t you be preventing the growth of said palm hair?

You know it.

Shizzle.
John Surname (Friday 16 May 2008, 10:52 am) #

For one shining moment, it looked like another blog had discovered fleshlites. But it wasn’t to be.